Arrowhead moves against Helldivers 2 cheating with new policy

Arrowhead Game Studios is putting a new anti-cheat policy in place for Helldivers 2, Rock Paper Shotgun reported on 9 July 2026.

Cheating in the co-operative shooter has been a long-running complaint among its players. According to the report, the problem has drawn the ire of the community, with players encountering accounts holding implausibly high Super Credits totals — an outcome that bears directly on the game’s in-game economy rather than on match results alone.

The report frames the change as the studio working to deal with the game’s cheating problem, and links the effort to the economy that Super Credits underpin. Helldivers 2 is an online game, and the report notes that cheating is a persistent condition of games that are always connected rather than a problem unique to this one.

The report does not set out the mechanics of the policy: it does not specify what detection method Arrowhead will use, what penalties offending accounts face, whether existing balances gained through cheating will be removed, or when the measures take effect. Arrowhead has not published a timetable in the material covered by the report.

Because the report dates from early July, players should treat the details as they stood then; any subsequent implementation notes from Arrowhead would supersede them.